Racing News

Long Road to Maiden Win for Mineshaft Colt Exculpatory

03/18/2021

March 5 Triumph at Laurel Capped Odyssey for Horse, Owners

LAUREL, MD – Grace Merryman wasn’t born when the Grateful Dead released its hit single Truckin’ in 1970 but, boy, can she relate.

Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me
Other times, I can barely see
Lately, it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it’s been

There's a $154,931 Carryover in Friday's Stronach 5

03/17/2021

Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout, Four Tracks, One Hour
Pool to Grow in Excess of $500,000

LAUREL, MD – With a carryover of $154,931.69 in the Stronach 5, Friday’s pool is expected to grow in excess of $500,000 while featuring races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout.

The Stronach 5, which continues to show a strong return on investment, will begin Friday at 4:30 p.m. with Laurel’s eighth race.

$125,000 Federico Tesio Could Feature Rematch of Private Terms

03/14/2021

Shackled Love, Maythehorsebwithu Emerge Well After Running 1-2
Littlestitious in Good Shape Following Beyond the Wire Victory

LAUREL, MD – Shackled Love and Maythehorsebwithu, separated by half a length in Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms at Laurel Park, could wind up meeting again for their next starts in the April 17 $125,000 Federico Tesio.

Shackled Love Upsets $100,000 Private Terms

03/13/2021

First Career Stakes Win for 18-Year-Old Apprentice Marquez

LAUREL, MD – ZWP Stable and Non Stop Stable homebred Shackled Love pressed Maythehorsebwithu from the gate, forged a narrow lead in mid-stretch and dug in gamely when the even-money favorite surged again near the wire to spring a 21-1 upset of Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms at Laurel Park.

Cordmaker Ends Losing Streak in $100,000 Harrison Johnson

03/13/2021

Whereshetoldmetogo Returns a Winner in $75,000 Not For Love
Kiss the Girl Becomes Stakes Winner in $75,000 Conniver

LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s 6-year-old gelding Cordmaker, a four-time stakes winner without a victory of any kind in more than 17 months, ended his career-long drought with a front-running one-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial at Laurel Park.

Jockey Alexander Chavez Rides First U.S. Winner Saturday

03/13/2021

Panama Native Scores on Car Lady in First Domestic Mount

LAUREL, MD – Corrales Racing’s Car Lady accelerated through an opening along the rail and sped off with a last-to-first victory in Saturday’s opener at Laurel Park, giving jockey Alexander Chavez his first win in the United States.

Littlestitious Gets Up Late in $100,000 Beyond the Wire

03/13/2021

Favored Street Lute Third in Bid for Sixth Straight Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Joel Politi’s Littlestitious came with a steady run down the center of the stretch to catch Fraudulent Charge inside the sixteenth pole and edge clear to a half-length victory in the $100,000 Beyond the Wire Saturday at Laurel Park.

The 33rd running of the one-mile Beyond the Wire for 3-year-old fillies was the first of five stakes worth $450,000 in purses on a nine-race program, headlined by the $100,000 Private Terms for 3-year-olds.

Stakes-Filled Program for Saturday’s Return of Live Racing

03/12/2021

Private Terms, Beyond the Wire Among Five Stakes Worth $450,000
Video Interviews Brittany Russell, Michael Trombetta
Post Time Moves to 12:40 P.M. Beginning Sunday, March 14

LAUREL, MD – Live racing returns to Laurel Park Saturday with a nine-race program featuring five stakes worth $450,000 in purses led by the $100,000 Private Terms for 3-year-olds and $100,000 Beyond the Wire for 3-year-old fillies.

First race post time is 12:25 p.m.

Cordmaker Seeks to Regain Mojo in $100,000 Harrison Johnson

03/11/2021

Whereshetoldmetogo Makes Season Debut in $75,000 Not For Love
Kiss the Girl Seeks First Stakes Victory in $75,000 Conniver

LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s Cordmaker, second or third in six of his last seven starts, looks to break through with a return to his multiple stakes-winning form in Saturday’s $100,000 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial at Laurel Park.

Street Lute Looks to Extend Talent, Streak in $100,000 Beyond the Wire

03/11/2021

Sophomore Filly Stretching Out in Search of Seventh Career Stakes Win

LAUREL, MD – After eight sprint races to start her career, seven of them wins, six of them in stakes including five in a row, Lucky 7 Stables’ Street Lute will try something new when she puts her streak on the line in Saturday’s $100,000 Beyond the Wire Saturday at Laurel Park.